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Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival retools itself as virtual event Updated Feb 01, 2021; Facebook Share This year’s Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival to be presented virtually will feature seven film screenings, including one about Northampton’s Rabbi Kevin Hale, who has dedicated his life to the 613th biblical commandment to write a Torah scroll. Miriam B. Lewin is the director and producer of that short documentary, “Commandment 613,” and she is Hale’s cousin. “A few years ago, he started telling me about his work on a particular set of Torah scrolls, the ones that belong to the Memorial Scrolls Trust in London, and are loaned out to communities around the world,” she said. “These scrolls come from communities in Czechoslovakia and were saved there during World War II. When he described to me the deep feelings they bring out for the people who now care for the scrolls, I thought it sounded like a good subject for a documentary.” ....
Every cloud: How Covid has turned the tide on anti-vaxxers Despite myriad advances in science and medicine there remains a hard core of people who are still steadfast in refusing vaccinations, says John Dolan The good news is that the Covid-19 pandemic appears to have prompted a sea change in our attitude to vaccinations, says John Dolan. John Dolan MY absolute all-time sporting hero was Bert Trautmann, a German goalkeeper for the club I support, Manchester City even though I never got to see him play. A Nazi in World War II, he became a goalkeeper while he was a Prisoner-of-War, and is best known for bravely making a save late in the 1956 FA Cup Final that broke his neck. Not realising the extent of his injury, he played on to the end as City won 3-1. ....
Arts Briefs: Jewish Film Festival goes virtual starting Feb. 6
Published: 1/19/2021 3:54:08 PM SPRINGFIELD The Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival, presented by the Springfield Jewish Community Center, marks its 16th year with a virtual mini-festival that kicks off Feb. 6 and runs through March 22. The 2020 festival was postponed due to COVID-19, just days before launching last year. PVJFF will present seven online film screenings, as the festival continues its tradition of showcasing some of the best independent Jewish cinema from around the world. Thought-provoking Zoom discussions are planned for nearly all of the films, featuring directors, screenwriters, and experts on an array of topics of cultural and historical significance. This year’s festival includes an eclectic mix of dramas and documentaries, plus a short film. ....
Jewish Heritage Museum to present 2021 virtual film festival Jewish Heritage Museum to present 2021 virtual film festival The Jewish Heritage Museum of Monmouth County will presents its 2021 Virtual Film Festival on Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2, 28, March 1, 2, 21, 22, 23, and April 18, 19, 20. Admission is $10 per film or $35 for all four films. Individuals may watch a film at any time on the screening dates. For more information, call 732-252-6990. After an individual’s registration is processed by the museum, they will receive a link that is good for viewing the film(s) at any time between the dates mentioned above, according to a press release. Jan. 31, Feb. 1, 2 ....
Here s what s playing â Jan. 15-21 â at movie theaters and on virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics. 76 DAYS On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of 11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis, this documentary tells indelible human stories at the center of this pandemic â from a woman begging in vain to bid a final farewell to her father, a grandpa with dementia searching for his way home, a couple anxious to meet their newborn, to a nurse determined to return personal items to families of the deceased. These raw and intimate stories bear witness to the death and rebirth of a city under a 76-day lockdown, and to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy. 1:33. VC ....